Friday, November 23, 2012

We are CrAzY for you sale!

We love you and are thankful for each and every one of you! We are teaming up with TpT and TN to offer a sale. It looks kinda CrAzY but here is how it will work:

Teacher's Notebook
Saturday - Monday
15% off plus an extra 10% off from TN

Teachers Pay Teachers
Monday - Tuesday
15% off plus an extra 10% off using code CMT12

Happy shopping!

Saturday, November 10, 2012

Thanksgiving Writing Packet

Thanksgiving time already?  Out little ones really need to dive into writing and what better than these PRECIOUS writing pages for Thanksgiving to help get their little brains jumping like CrAzY.  I just LOVE this clip art and I LOVE these writing pages!  GOBBLE GOBBLE!


Thursday, November 8, 2012

My CrAzY awesome teammate!

Congrats to my blogging buddy-the other half of this CrAzY mess we call a blog! Our PTA surprised her tonight with the Texas PTA Life member award! I am so proud to call her my friend and teammate! I wish I had a good picture to add to this post but they didn't turn out good. Congrats Stevi!

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

CrAzY fun puzzles!

We are glad to be back to creating and blogging. We have missed it a lot! Our latest product is CVC puzzles. The idea came when we were sitting at a training last week. We decided to take 2 different fun ideas and put them together into one activity. There are 12 pictures that you will cut apart on the lines. Mix them all up into one bag. The students will unscramble the pieces and record, either by writing or using letters tiles, onto the recording sheets. 12 of the puzzles have letter support at the bottom of the pieces. The other 12 puzzles do not have that support. We modeled the recording sheets after sound boxes that our district likes us to you. It allows the students to see how many sounds are in the word.

We hope you enjoy this latest product. It is available on TN and TpT. Thanks for sticking with us while we get our-CrAzY-selves together!



Saturday, November 3, 2012

We have been CrAzY!

Sheesh! It has been almost 2 months since our last post! Let me tell you, it has been 2 CrAzY months. We have missed blogging and creating things for our classroom to share with you. Man, we had a tough start to our year but have finally got it under control...for now!

We just wanted you to know we haven't disappeared and are working on LOTS of CrAzY fun things to share soon.  Here are a few of our favorite e-cards to give you a chuckle on this Saturday!




Thursday, September 13, 2012

Student Offices

I realized in May the time had come to toss out my old Student Offices and create something new. My previous set had served me well, but man, where they trashed and ugly! I spent all summer trying to make it just right. One week during a l-o-n-g training I had an epiphany on what was missing. I am CrAzY excited about this. The parts that make it exciting are because of a couple of awesome bloggers! Some of my favorite summer finds I had to re-create in a smaller version so they would fit. First is Writer's Eye by Live, Love, Laugh. I love this and it will look super cute in my classroom. Click the link below to go straight to her post.
The next is Illustration Rubric Template from Falling into First. I am CrAzY in love with this too! Illustrations are always a constant conversation in my class.  I think this template is awesome! Click the link below to go straight to her TpT store. Oh, did I mention that both these products are free? Who doesn't love Free??

I created this using 2 file folders taped/glued together to make 3 sided folder. Glue 3 pages above on the inside and laminate. I chose not to create a cover because it is all about what the students see when it is open. Students see all they need with the office put up around their paper while they work. So, included in the FREE packet from us in an alphabet chart (actually it is 4-depending on your preference), math chart (includes numbers, ten frames, 2D and 3D frames, and colors), and the CrAzY awesome stuff I described above! So click on the link above and enjoy this freebie!

Kindergarten - TeachersPayTeachers.com

Sunday, September 2, 2012

Apples Apples Apples


Say, Say oh playmate
                                Come out and play with me
                                      and bring your dollies 3
                                              climb up my APPLE tree

ahhh the joys of childhood... what CrAzY fun times!  We teach our Apples unit right around the corner and  it is one of our favorite units to teach.  Most of the kids have never tasted a yellow apple, or even knew there were yellow apples out there ---- CrAzY!!  So many fun things to do with them.  Homemade crockpot applesauce, Johnny Appleseed, Apple Juice vs Apple Cider..... what are some fun things you do in your classroom for Apples?!!!  Check out our fun apple unit below.